Jack White turns down Slash invitation

Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash told MusicRadar.com this week that he got almost every special guest he wanted to appear on his upcoming solo album, except for one: White Stripes singer/guitarist and Dead Weather drummer Jack White. Slash revealed, "I wanted to get Jack White to sing on something, but he didn't want to sing. He said I'll play drums, I'll play guitar, but I don't wanna sing. He was one guy that I wanted to work with. Pretty much everyone else that I went after I managed to get."

While he didn't get White, the guest list for Slash's project has become a who's-who of rock and pop.

According to RollingStone.com, the roster now includes Iggy Pop, Cypress Hill, Alice Cooper, Nicole Scherzinger, Meat Loaf and Maroon 5's Adam Levine. They join the previously announced Ozzy Osbourne, Dave Grohl, Flea, Fergie, Chris Cornell, Duff McKagan, Wolfmother's Andrew Stockdale and others.

The record, titled Slash & Friends, will appear sometime in early 2010.

Slash wrote on Twitter that he laid down the final track for the disc on Wednesday, with Myles Kennedy of Alter Bridge supplying vocals.

The former Guns N' Roses axeman makes his own guest appearance on Rihanna's upcoming album, Rated R, on a song called "Rockstar 101."

Slash "and friends" will perform at a fundraiser for the Los Angeles Youth Nation at Hollywood's Avalon Theater on November 22nd. Ozzy Osbourne, Billy Idol, Andrew Stockdale, Linkin Park's Chester Bennington, Dave Navarro and Travis Barker are all tentatively slated to appear.
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